Screening method

ABSTRACT

A screening method is provided. Cells secreting target antibodies are screened by mixing candidate cells labeled with a first fluorescent molecule, a capture antigen and a labeled antibody against a target antibody and incubating, labeling using a high content cell imager and sorting using flow cytometry so as to screen cells secreting target antibodies. The screening method disclosed in the present application can automatically complete the labeling and sorting of target candidate cells in high throughput by labeling with a fluorescent molecule in combination with high-content cell imager and flow cytometer, so as to provide sufficient quantity of cells for subsequent amplification to obtain their antibody sequences and screen affinity antibodies. This method greatly improves the screening efficiency.

CROSS REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the national phase entry of InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2021/078117, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, which isbased upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202011211640.9, filed on Nov. 3, 2020, the entire contents of which areincorporated herein by reference.

SEQUENCE LISTING

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the field of biological technologies,particularly to a screening method.

BACKGROUND

Since the establishment of a hybridoma technology by Kohler and Milsteinin 1975, thousands of different monoclonal antibodies have beenproduced. Some of them have been used for scientific research anddetection, some of them have been used for clinical diagnosis, and someof them have been used for treating various diseases, such as tumors,immune system diseases, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.Monoclonal antibodies have high commercial value. Among the top 10best-selling drugs in 2019, therapeutic monoclonal antibodiescontributed 73% of the total sales, reaching $87 billion. It isestimated that by 2025, the global therapeutic monoclonal antibodymarket will reach 300 billion US dollars. For a drug target, manyantibodies need to be screened before it is possible to select acandidate antibody drug that can be used in clinical research, so anefficient and reliable antibody discovery platform is essential.

So far, the main monoclonal antibody discovery technologies are dividedinto a hybridoma technology, a surface display technology and a single Bcell technology.

The hybridoma technology is developed from a cell fusion technology.Spleen B lymphocytes and myeloma cells are fused to form a B lymphocytemyeloma cell hybrid. Only this hybrid can be proliferated and surviveindefinitely and rapidly in a Hat culture medium and secrete antibodies.Although this technology can screen specific antibodies, this method hasthe obvious disadvantages:

(1) this method needs to be manually operated, and there are too manyoperations and repeated steps;

(2) this method is slow in speed and low in efficiency, and cannot meetrequirements for high-flux screening;

(3) this method cannot ensure mono-cloning, and sub-cloning is requiredfor 3-4 times, which wastes labors and is time-consuming;

(4) limited dilution is conducted before ELISA detection, and whichclone meets the requirements of antigen specificity is not known.

Therefore, all clones need to be identified by ELISA for at least once.After 45 years of development, some manually operated equipment that canreduce hybridoma screening has been produced, such as ClonePix system.The system uses a semi-solid culture method to grow cells on the culturemedium to form single independent and dispersed monoclonal antibodies onthe culture medium. A fluorescent labeled clone detection reagent isadded to the semi-solid culture medium. With the extension of clonegrowth time, more fluorescent protein complexes can gather around theclones, and then the clones to be selected are picked one by one by aleader. Although this technology reduces the manual operation ofhybridoma screening, it also has some disadvantages. For example, firstof all, it is needed to develop a proper culture medium so as to growhybridoma on the semi-solid culture medium. Secondly, the precision ofautomatically picking comes is greatly affected by the size and densityof clones. Too small clone can affect identification and picking. Toodense clone can easily affect the monoclonal nature of the picked clone.Finally, a robot arm requires high picking precision, so equipment needsto careful daily maintenance.

Another major antibody discovery method is the surface displaytechnology. A phage display and yeast display technology is widely used.This principle is to amplify a heavy chain variable region (VH) andlight chain variable region (VL) of an antibody of B lymphocyte via PCR,insert the amplified fragment into a vector, and perform fusionexpression on the Fab fragment or single chain antibody (scFv) of theantibody molecule and a single-stranded phage coat protein or yeastsurface protein, so as to display the antibody on the surface of thephage or yeast. Monoclonal antibodies specific to target antigens can beobtained after affinity adsorption-elution-amplification and other stepsby using an antigen screening method. However, in this method, the heavyantibody chain and the light antibody chain of the variable region arerandomly combined, which makes a large part of pairing meaningless.Furthermore, most of the antibodies screened from these displaylibraries need to be further matured to meet the affinity requirements.

The single B cell technology has been developed in recent years. Thistechnology can directly isolate and express antibodies from single Blymphocytes of mammals or humans, which can save plenty of screeningtime. At present, the main single B cell technology is aimed at memory Bcells, because corresponding IgG is expressed on the surface of thecell, which can be sorted (flow sorting, magnetic sorting, ormicrofluidic sorting) after coupling with labeled antigens (fluorescenceor magnetism), thereby achieving high-throughput screening. Lotta vonBOEHMER et al. use flow sorting to sort memory B cells that can bind toantigens into a 96 well PCR plate for amplification of variable regionsof heavy and light chains, and then express and screen specificantibodies. However, such the method can only be used for memory B cellsthat express IgG on the surface of the cell, and the antibodiesexpressed by plasma cells cannot be detected by the method because theyare secreted. Alison M Clargo et al. established a fluorescent focimethod in which cells secreting specific antibodies were taken throughmicroscopic operation, then amplification of variable regions of heavychain and light chain and expression of the antibody were conducted.But, this method needs to microscopic operation to take out targetcells, which is time-consuming and wastes labor, and cannot be conductedin high throughput.

In view of this, the present application is hereby proposed.

SUMMARY

The objective of the present application is to provide a screeningmethod, more particularly to an antibody and a screening method of acell secreting the antibody.

The present application is realized as follows:

In one aspect, the present application provides a method for screeningcells secreting target antibodies, comprising the following steps:

Step (a): labeling a candidate cell with a first fluorescent molecule;

Step (b): adding the candidate cell labeled with the first fluorescentmolecule and a labeled antibody against the target antibody into acontainer fixed with a capture antigen to be mixed and incubated toobtain cellular fluid; wherein, the capture antigen can specificallybind to the target antibody; the labeled antibody is labeled with asecond fluorescent molecule;

the first fluorescent molecule has the following properties: thefluorescent light emitted after the first fluorescent molecule isexcited by first exciting light is different from that emitted after thesecond fluorescent molecule is excited by the first exciting light; thefirst fluorescent molecule is in a photo-activated state or aphoto-converted state, which emits first fluorescent light after beingexcited by third exciting light under the photo-activated state or thephoto-converted state; furthermore, the first fluorescent light emitssecond fluorescent light after being directly excited by third excitinglight instead of second exciting light; the wavelength of the firstfluorescent light is different from that of the second fluorescentlight, or the wavelength of the first fluorescent light is the same asthat of the second fluorescent light but fluorescence intensities aredifferent; wherein, the wavelength of the first exciting light isdifferent from that of the second exciting light; the wavelength of thesecond exciting light is different from that of the third excitinglight;

the wavelength of the fluorescent light emitted after the secondfluorescent molecule is excited by first exciting light is differentfrom that of the second exciting light;

Step (c): observing the cellular fluid using a high content cell imager,exciting the second fluorescent molecule by using the first excitinglight to emit fluorescent light and screening the candidate cellsurrounded by the fluorescent light, and labeling the candidate cell asa target candidate cell; then irradiating the target candidate cell withthe second exciting light so that the first fluorescent moleculelabeling the target candidate cell is in the photo-activated state orthe photo-converted state;

Step (d): sorting the candidate cell in the cellular fluid using flowcytometry wherein in the process of sorting, the candidate cellprocessed in Step (c) is irradiated using the third exciting light andthe target candidate cell emitting the first fluorescent light issorted, namely, the cell secreting the target antibody.

The screening method provided by the present application can screen acell secreting the antibody in high throughput. The screening principleof the method is as follows:

Since the target antibody is secreted, and the target antibody issecreted to the outside of the cell and distributed around the candidatecell, when the candidate cell is irradiated with the first excitinglight, the second fluorescent molecule can be excited to emitfluorescent light. at this moment, the candidate cell that can secretethe target antibody can be surrounded by fluorescent light, while thecandidate cell that cannot secrete the target antibody is surrounded byfluorescent light; in view of this phenomenon, the candidate cell thatcan secrete the antibody can be preliminarily determined; then the abovecandidate cell is selectively excited by the second exciting light sothat the labeled first fluorescent molecule is in a photo-activatedstate or a photo-converted state; and then in the screening step using aflow cytometer, when excited by the third exciting light, the firstfluorescent molecule in the photo-activated state or the photo-convertedstate emits the first fluorescent light, and the fluorescent moleculethat is not excited by the second exciting light emits the secondfluorescent light; accordingly, the candidate cell that can secrete thetarget antibody is distinguished and from the candidate cell that cannotsecrete the target antibody and screened according to the differencebetween the first fluorescent light and the second fluorescent light.

It can be seen from the screening principle that for the cell screeningof the secreting type antibody, the screening method provided in thepresent application can automatically complete the labeling and sortingof the target candidate cell in high throughput by labeling with thefluorescent molecule in combination with a high-content cell imager anda flow cytometer, so as to provide a sufficient quantity of cell basesfor subsequent amplification of antibody sequences and screening ofaffinity antibodies, thereby improving the screening efficiency.

It should be noted that the “fluorescence difference” in “thefluorescent light emitted by the first fluorescent molecule after beingexcited by the first exciting light is different from the fluorescentlight emitted by the second fluorescent molecule after being excited bythe first exciting light” as described above means that the wavelengthsof the fluorescent lights of the two fluorescent molecules aredifferent, or the second fluorescent molecule emits the fluorescentlight but the first fluorescent molecule does not emit the fluorescentlight. The type of the second fluorescent molecule can be reasonablyselected according to the type of the first fluorescent molecule, aslong as the fluorescent light of the second fluorescent molecule can bedistinguished from the fluorescent light of the first fluorescentmolecule under the excitation of the first exciting light. According tothe above contents, those skilled in the art can easily understand thatthe wavelengths of the first exciting light and the second excitinglight are different to avoid mutual influence.

In an alternative embodiment, the first fluorescent molecule is selectedfrom a photo-activated fluorescent protein and a photo-activatedfluorescent protein.

In an alternative embodiment, in Step (d), when the cellular fluid isused to flow through the flow cytometry for sorting, the secondfluorescent molecule is a fluorescent molecule which does not emitfluorescent light under the excitation of the third exciting light, or afluorescent molecule in which the wavelength of the fluorescent lightemitted under the excitation of the third exciting light is differentfrom that of the first fluorescent light.

When the cellular fluid is directly sorted, it contains a labeledantibody, and the fluorescence property of the second fluorescentmolecule should satisfy the following conditions (a): the secondfluorescent molecule does not emit the fluorescent light under theexcitation of the third exciting light, or the wavelength of thefluorescent light emitted under the excitation of the third excitinglight is different from the wavelength of the first fluorescent light.Under the premise of meeting this condition, the fluorescenceinterference generated by the second fluorescent molecule in the sortingcan be avoided. When the solution used for sorting contains or does notcontain the labeled antibody, the second fluorescent molecule cannotsatisfy the above condition (a).

Whether to select the cellular fluid for direct sorting can bedetermined according to the immobilization method of the capturedantigen.

For example, when the captured antigen is immobilized in a container(e.g., cell culture dish) by cells (e.g., adherent cells) expressing theantigen, in this case, the candidate cell is difficult to isolate, sothe cellular fluid can be digested to form a cell suspension and thendirectly used for subsequent sorting. In this case, the cellular fluidused for sorting contains the labeled antibody. In this case, the secondfluorescent molecule needs to satisfy the above condition (a).

For another example, when the captured antigen is directly immobilizedor coated in the container (such as the cell culture dish) by othermedia (such as microspheres or magnetic beads), in this case, thecandidate cell can be easily isolated from the cellular fluid bywashing. In this case, the candidate cell can be separately isolated,and then diluted with a suitable diluent for subsequent analysis steps.In this case, the cellular fluid used for sorting does not contain thelabeled antibody, and the second fluorescent molecule cannot meet theabove condition (a).

In an alternative embodiment, the container contains the adherent cellover-expressing the captured antigen. The captured antigen isimmobilized in the container by the adherent cell expressing theantigen. The antibody secreted by the candidate cell can be concentratedaround the candidate cell by the immobilized capture antigen, which isconvenient for fluorescence observation.

In an alternative embodiment, after the treatment in Step (c), thecellular fluid is digested to obtain a cell suspension, and the cellsuspension is sorted by flow cytometry.

In an alternative embodiment, the photo-activated fluorescent protein isPA-GFP.

In an alternative embodiment, when the first fluorescent molecule is aPA-GFP protein, the wavelength range of the first exciting light is notwithin a range of 390 nm-415 nm, the wavelength range of the secondexciting light is 390 nm-450 nm, and the wavelength range of the thirdexciting light is 450 nm-550 nm (the maximum wavelength of the excitinglight is 504 nm).

When the first fluorescent molecule is the PA-GFP protein, the candidatecell surrounded by the second fluorescent molecule is screened by usinga high content cell imager and then irradiated using intense violetlight, that is, second exciting light (390 nm-450 nm), and thereforegreen fluorescent light produced by this variant is improved by 100times. Through flow cytometry, the wavelength range of the emittinglight of the candidate cell is 480 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength ofthe emitting light is 517 nm) after irradiation with the third excitinglight with the exciting light wavelength range of 450 nm-550 nm (themaximum wavelength of the exciting light is 504 nm). At this moment,when the non-candidate cell that is not irradiated by the secondexciting light is irradiated by the third exciting light, it emits weakgreen fluorescent light, and the wavelength range of the emitting lightis 480 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of the emitting light is 515nm). By utilizing the fluorescence intensities of different emittedlights, the photo-activated candidate cell with the PA-GFP protein andcapable of secreting the target antibody can be sorted.

In an alternative embodiment, the photo-converted fluorescent protein isselected from PS-CFP2, PS-CFP, mEosFP, tdEosFP, dEosFP, WtEosFP, Kaede,Dendra2 and KikGR.

In an alternative embodiment, when the first fluorescent molecule isPS-CFP2 protein, the wavelength range of the first exciting light is notwithin a range of 390 nm-450 nm, the wavelength range of the secondexciting light is 390 nm-415 nm, and the wavelength range of the thirdexciting light is 420 nm-520 nm (the maximum wavelength of the excitinglight is 490 nm);

When the first fluorescent molecule is PS-CFP2 protein, the candidatecell surrounded by the fluorescent light of the second fluorescentmolecule is screened using the high-content cell imager and thenirradiated with intense violet light, that is, second exciting light(390 nm-415 nm), and therefore the candidate cell with blue-greenfluorescent light is photo-converted so that the blue-green fluorescentlight becomes green fluorescent light. By flow cytometry, under theexcitation of the third exciting light, the wavelength range is 420nm-520 nm (the maximum wavelength of the exciting light is 490 nm), andthe wavelength range of the emitting light of the candidate cellirradiated by the second exciting light is 450 nm-600 nm (the maximumwavelength of the emitting light is 511 nm). At this moment, thecandidate cell that is not irradiated by the second exciting light donot emit the fluorescent light when being irradiated by the thirdexciting light. Therefore, the candidate cell secreting the targetantibody can be sorted.

In an alternative embodiment, when the first fluorescent molecule isKaede protein, the wavelength range of the first exciting light is notwithin a range of 350 nm-400 nm, the wavelength range of the secondexciting light is 350 nm-400 nm, and the wavelength range of the thirdexciting light is 500 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of the excitinglight is 572 nm).

When the first fluorescent molecule is Kaede protein, the candidate cellsurrounded by the fluorescent light of the second fluorescent moleculeis screened by using a high-content cell imager and then irradiated withintense violet light, that is, second exciting light (350 nm-400 nm).The candidate cell with green fluorescent light is photo-converted sothat the green fluorescent light becomes red fluorescent light. By flowcytometry, under the excitation of the third exciting light, thewavelength range is 500 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of theexciting light is 572 nm), and the wavelength range of the emittinglight of the candidate cell irradiated by the second exciting light is550 nm-650 nm (the maximum wavelength of the emitting light is 580 nm).At this moment, the candidate cell that is not irradiated by the secondexciting light does not emit the fluorescent light when being irradiatedby the third exciting light. Therefore, the candidate cell secreting thetarget antibody can be sorted.

In an alternative embodiment, when the first fluorescent molecule isKikGR protein, the wavelength range of the first exciting light is notwithin a range of 390 nm-415 nm, the wavelength range of the secondexciting light is 390 nm-415 nm, and the wavelength range of the thirdexciting light is 500 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of the excitinglight is 583 nm).

When the first fluorescent molecule is KikGR protein, the candidate cellsurrounded by the fluorescent light of the second fluorescent moleculeis screened by using a high-content cell imager and then irradiated withstrong violet light, that is, second exciting light (390 nm-415 nm), andthe candidate cell with green fluorescent light is photo-converted sothat the green fluorescent light becomes red fluorescent light. By flowcytometry, under the excitation of the third exciting light, thewavelength range is 500 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of theexciting light is 583 nm), and the wavelength range of the emittinglight of the candidate cell irradiated by the second exciting light is550 nm-650 nm (the maximum wavelength of the emitting light is 593 nm).At this moment, the candidate cell that is not irradiated with thesecond exciting light does not emit the fluorescent light when beingirradiated with the third exciting light. Therefore, the candidate cellsecreting the target antibody can be sorted.

In an alternative embodiment, the candidate cell in Step (a) is selectedfrom B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteriaand yeast.

The type of the candidate cell can be selected as needed, and any cellsthat are expected to secrete the target antibodies can be selected asthe candidate cells of the present application. For example, a typicalsecreting type cell secreting the antibody includes B lymphocyte. Insome embodiments, the candidate cell can also be derived from spleencells, bone marrow cells, lymph node cells and the like from animmunized host animal.

However, it should be noted that it can be understood according to thescreening principle that the method of the present application can beused for screening not only cells secreting antibodies, but also cellssecreting any proteins. Therefore, applying the method of the presentapplication to screen other cells secreting proteins also falls withinthe protective scope of the present application.

In an alternative embodiment, in Step (a), a method for labeling thecandidate cells with the first fluorescent molecule is selected frommethods shown in any one of (I)-(IV):

(I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent moleculeinto the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the firstfluorescent molecule in the candidate cell;

(II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cellthrough electrotransfection;

(III): performing fusion expression on the first fluorescent moleculeand an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of a candidatecell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to the surface ofthe candidate cell through the specific binding of the antibody to thespecific market; and

(IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing thefirst fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidatecell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to the surface ofthe candidate cell.

It should be noted that the method for labeling the first fluorescentmolecule on the candidate cell is not limited to the above methods shownin (I)-(IV), and those skilled in the art can easily realize thelabeling of the first fluorescent molecule according to the conventionaltechnology in the art. Labeling the first fluorescent molecule on thecandidate cell in other ways belongs to the protective scope of thepresent application. In addition, the first fluorescent molecule can belabeled on the surface or inside of the candidate cell, or on thesurface and inside the cell.

In an alternative embodiment, the lipid is selected from DSPE-NHS,DSPE-PEG2000-NHS, DSPE-PEG3400-NHS, oleyl-PEG2000-NHS, oleyl-PEG4000-NHSand dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE)-PEG2000-NHS.

In an alternative embodiment, in Step (c), imaging is performed under alow power microscope to screen the target candidate cell; and then thetarget candidate cell is irradiated by the second exciting light byswitching to a high-power microscope.

In an alternative embodiment, in order to avoid the suspension of thecandidate cell and the dispersion of the secreted antibody, cellsexpressing the captured antigens can also be inoculated and expressed ina culture container containing an incubation system, or beads (e.g.,magnetic beads) of the captured antigen may be connected therein. Thesurfaces of these cells or beads can also express or couple some capturemolecules, such as anti-CD19 antibody, anti-B lymphocyte antibody,anti-CD19 scFv and other capture molecules, which can capture candidatecells without leaving them in a suspension state. Or, gelatin can beadded into the incubation system to reduce the fluidity of cells andantibodies, which is conducive to detection and observation.

In an alternative embodiment, before performing Step (d), the cellularfluid obtained in Step (c) is digested into a single-cell suspension,and the single-cell suspension is sorted.

In an alternative embodiment, in Step (d), sorting can also be realizedby using a micro-controlled flow chip.

In another aspect, the present application provides a method forscreening a target antibody, comprising the following steps:

obtaining a cell secreting the target antibody using any method asdescribed above; and

acquiring a nucleotide sequence encoding the target antibody from thecell secreting the target antibody.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly explain the technical solution of theembodiments of the present application, accompanying drawings used inthe embodiments will be simply described below. It should be understoodthat the following drawings only show some embodiments of the presentapplication, but should not be regarded as limiting the scope. Forpersons of ordinary skill in the art, other relevant drawings can alsobe obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a heavy chain variable region sequenceand a light chain variable region sequence of an antibody obtained byPCR, both of which are about 400 bp in size.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a 5′ untranslated region with a size ofabout 400 bp, a heavy chain antibody constant region and a 3′untranslated region with a size of about 1200 bp, a light chain antibodyconstant region and a 3′ untranslated region with a size of about 400bp, which are required for constituting a full-length antibody sequenceand obtained by PCR.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing that light and heavy chainvariable regions of antibody reconstitute a complete full-lengthantibody sequence by overlap PCR, wherein the full-length antibodysequence has a size of about 1900 bp, and the light chain full-lengthantibody sequence has a size of about 1000 bp.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a labeled antibody labeled by a secondfluorescent molecule around a capture antigen by antibody affinitydetection using a high content cell imager.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing that halo is present around Blymphocytes secreting specific anti-PDL1 antibodies.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages ofthe embodiments of the present application more clear, the technicalsolutions in the embodiments of the present application will bedescribed clearly and completely below. If no specific conditions areindicated in the embodiments, the embodiments will be conductedaccording to conventional conditions or conditions recommended by amanufacturer. If the used reagents or instruments have no manufacturers,they are all conventional products that can be purchased in the market.

The features and performances of the present application are furtherdescribed in detail below in combination with embodiments.

Example 1

This example takes an anti-PDL1 antibody and B lymphocytes as examplesto explain a method for screening B lymphocytes secreting the anti-PDL1antibody provided in this example. The method includes:

1. PDL1 proteins were used as antigen immune mice. Refer to conventionalmethods in the art.

2. Enrichment of B lymphocytes

1) Spleen was taken from mice, placed in a 40 μm filter membrane andcrushed, and single splenocytes were obtained through a filter screenand then placed in 50 ml of pre-cooled serum-free 1640 culture medium.

2) The splenocytes were centrifuged for 5 min under the conditions of 4°C. and 500 g.

3) The supernatant was discarded, and the cells were re-suspend to 10ml×red split solution (BD bioscience, cat: 555899) and subjected tostanding for 5 min at room temperature under dark conditions.

4) The re-suspended cells were added into 40 ml of serum-free 1640culture medium and then centrifuged for 5 min under the conditions of 4°C. and 500 g.

5) The supernatant was discarded, and cell precipitates werere-suspended in 10 ml MACS Buffer (MACS Buffer: Miltenyi biotec orderNo. 130-091-221), evenly blown, stained with trypan blue, and finallycounted.

6) 5×10⁷ cells were taken and centrifuged for 5 min under the conditionsof 4° C. and 500 g, and the supernatant was discarded.

7) 175 μl of MACS buffer, 25 μl of FcR Blocking Reagent and 50 μl ofbiotin antibody cocktail (Pan B Cell Isolation Kit II, mouse (Order No.130-104-443)) were added, evenly mixed, and incubated for 5 min at 4° C.

8) The cell suspension was added into 150 μl of MACS buffer, 100 μl ofAnti-Biotin Microbeads and then evenly mixed, and incubated for 10 minat 4° C.

9) An Ls column was equilibrated with 3 ml of buffer.

10) The cell suspension passed through the column (500 μl) to collectfiltrate.

11) 3 ml of buffer was added again into the LS column, and the filtratewas collected to a centrifuge tube.

12) 3.5 ml of the resulting filtrate was candidate B lymphocyte.

3. Packaging lentivirus before enrichment of B lymphocytes

1) 293T cells densely grown were taken, with a dense of about 80%-90%,and a fresh culture medium (DMEM+10% FBS) was changed, namely, 10 ml/10cm cell culture dish.

2) Two 2 ml centrifuge tubes were taken, 625 μl of DMEM culture mediumand 18.75 μl of Lipofectamine3000 were added into tube 1. 625 μl of DMEMculture medium, 7.5 μg of psPAX2, 2.5 μg of PMD2G plasmid, 10 μg ofPLVX-Kaede-IRES-PURO plasmid and 25 μl of P3000 were added into tube 2.

3) The solution in tube 1 was transferred into tube 2, and then thesolution in the tube was evenly mixed with an oscillator and stood for 5min.

4) 293T cells were taken out, the mixture was gently transferred intothe cells to put back into an incubator.

5) After 48 h, the lentivirus supernatant was collected for the firsttime, and then the cells were added again into a 10 ml/10 cm freshculture medium.

6) After 72 h, the lentivirus was collected for the second time, thevirus supernatant was centrifuged for 2 h under the conditions of 4° C.and 60000 g, and the supernatant was discarded. The precipitate wasre-suspended with an appropriate amount of PBS to obtain concentratedviruses with a titer of 10⁷ μ/ml.

4. B lymphocytes were infected by viruses to obtain B lymphocytesexpressing Kaede protein (first fluorescent molecule)

1) The isolated B lymphocytes were infected according to MOI=50 (10-100,preferably 50), transfected for 6 h (30 min-48 h, preferably 6 h), then500 g of cell suspension was centrifuged for 5 min, and the supernatantwas discarded to obtain B lymphocytes expressing Kaede protein.

5. Spread of transfected B lymphocytes

1) CHO-Kl cells over-expressing PDL1 (capture antigen) were inoculatedinto a cell culture dish one day before transfection.

2) The transfected B lymphocytes were spread into the dish, and thenumber of spread cells was preferably 2×10⁶ (2×10⁴−2×10⁷). Afterculturing for 6-48 h, the medium was gently aspirated and discarded, anda Goat pAb to Ms lgG (Aleax Flour 647, abcam, cat: ab150115) stainingsolution (containing a second fluorescent molecule Aleax Flour 647labeled secondary antibody) prepared with a fresh culture medium wasadded to avoid that B cells were disturbed, wherein the workingconcentration was 0.2 μg/ml. After incubation for 30 min with 5% CO₂ at37° C., the staining solution was gently sucked and discarded, and afresh culture medium was changed, wherein the B cells were avoided to bedisturbed in the process of changing the culture medium.

6. Detection by putting a cell culture dish into a high content cellimager

1) Imaging was performed by using a high content cell imager under a5-fold microscope, and excitation was conducted with the first excitinglight (550 nm-700 nm). The wavelength of the Aleax Flour 647 emittinglight was 620 nm-750 nm, from which it can be observed that red halo ispresent around CHO-Kl cells over-expressing PDL1 around B lymphocytessecreting specific anti-PDL1 antibodies (see FIG. 5 ). Then, under the60-fold microscope, the B lymphocytes were photo-activated, thewavelength of the second exciting light (second exciting light) is 365nm (350 nm-400 nm), and the exposure time is 500 ms (50 ms-5000 ms),which promotes the cells to be photo-activated without light emission.

7. Flow sorting of single B lymphocytes secreting specific antibodies

1) The cells in step 6 were digested into a single-cell suspension, thesuspension was sorted by flow cytometry, excited by 500 nm-600 nmexciting light (the maximum exciting wavelength was 572 nm) to obtainthe emitting light in an interval of 550 nm-650 nm. (after step 6, thetarget B cells with halo (secreting target antibodies) werephoto-converted to emit red emitting light with a wavelength of 580 nm,B lymphocytes (cannot secrete the target antibody) that were notphoto-converted in step 6 do not have fluorescent light), and thephoto-converted B lymphocytes (that is, B lymphocytes secretinganti-PDL1 antibody) were sorted to a PCR tube containing cell lysate.

Example 2

This example takes the B lymphocytes secreting the anti-PDL1 antibodyscreened in example 1 as an example to explain the method for screeningthe anti-PDL1 antibody. The method includes:

1. Reverse transcription of a first strand of cDNA and amplification offull-length cDNA by 5′RACE.

1) Synthesis of first-strand cDNA (SMARTer® RACE 5′/3′Kit, Takara, cat;634858)

A: Preparation of reaction system

Mixed reaction system 1

Component Volume 5× first chain buffer   4 μl DTT 0.5 μl Mixednucleotide   1 μl Total 5.5 μl

The mixed reaction system 1 was gently mixed with a pipette, and thentransiently centrifuged and placed at room temperature.

Mixed reaction system 2:

Component Volume RNA  6 μl mRNA5′ cap primer  1 μl Deionized water  4 μlTotal 11 μl

MRNA5′ cap primer: AGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACrGrGG(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1).

The mixed reaction system 2 was gently mixed with a pipette, and thentransiently centrifuged.

The mixed reaction system 2 was reacted under the following conditions:

Temperature Time 72° C.  3 min 42° C.  2 min Centrifuge at 14000 g 10 s

B: Preparation of reaction system:

Mixed reaction system 3:

Component Volume Mixed reaction system 1 5.5 μl RNA enzyme inhibitor 0.5μl SMARTScribe reverse transcriptase   2 μl Total   8 μl

The mixed reaction system 3 was gently mixed with a pipette, and thentransiently centrifuged.

C: synthesis of first strand cDNA

Mixed reaction system 4:

Component Volume Mixed reaction system 2 11 μl Mixed reaction system 3 8 μl Oligothymine primer  1 μl Total 20 μl

Oligothymine primer: AGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTVN (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2).

The mixed reaction system 4 was gently mixed with a pipette, and thentransiently centrifuged.

Reaction conditions:

Temperature Time 42° C. 90 min 70° C. 10 min

D: amplification of full-length cDNA

Mixed reaction system 5

Component Volume Deionized water 15.5 μl   2× SeqAmp buffer 25 μl SeqAmpDNA polyase  1 μl Total 41.5 μl  

The mixed reaction system was gently mixed with a pipette, and thentransiently centrifuged.

Mixed reaction system 6

Component Volume Mixed reaction system4 2.5 μl  ISPCR primer  5 μlOligothymine primer  1 μl Mixed reaction system5 41.5 μl   Total 50 μl

Oligothymine primer: AGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTVN (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3) ISPCR primer:AAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGT (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4)

PCR conditions:

Number of Temperature Time cycles 94° C. 30 s 25× 68° C. 30 s 72° C. 6min

2. The sequence of the heavy chain variable region and the sequence ofthe light chain variable region of the antibody were obtained by PCR.

Preparation of PCR reaction system

Component System (50 μl) 5× Q5 reaction buffer 10 μl 10 nM mixednucleotide  1 μl Forward primer (10 μM) 1.5 μl (final concentration 0.3μM) Reward primer (10 μM) 1 μl (final concentration 0.2 μM) Amplifiedfull-length cDNA  5 μl GC enhancer 10 μl Q5 hot-starting high-fidelityDNA polyase 0.5 μl  dH₂O 21 μl

PCR conditions:

98° C. (pre-denature) 30 s 1× 98° C. (denature) 10 s 35×  57° C.(anneal) 30 s 72° C. (extend) 30 s 72° C. (final extend) 2 min 1×  4° C.(maintain) ∞

The forward primer of the heavy chain variable region of the antibodywas FVH_Mix (nine 10 μM primers FVH_I-IX were mixed in equal volumes).

The reverse primer of the heavy chain variable region of the heavy chainwas RVH_Mix (four 10 μM primers RVH of M_I to IV were mixed in equalvolumes). The forward and reverse primers of the heavy chain variableregion of the antibody are seen in the following table.

FVH_I GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGAWGTGCAGCTGGTGGAGTC(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5) FVH_IIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAGGTGCAGCTGAAGSAGTC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6)FVH_III GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGARGTGAAGCTGGTGGARTC(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 7) FVH_IVGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAGGTCCAACTGCAGCAGCC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 8)FVH_V GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGASAGGTYCAGCTGCARCAGTC(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 9) FVH_VIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAAGTGCAGATGAAGGAGTC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 10)FVH_VII GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAGATCCAGTTGGYGCAGTC(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 11) FVH_VIIIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAGGTCCAACTCCAGCAGCC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 12)FVH_IX GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAGGTGCAACTGAAGCAGTC(as shown in SEQ ID NO: 13) RVH_IAGGAGGTGTGGTTTTGGCGCTCGAGACGGTGACCGT (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 14) RVH_IIAGGAGGTGTGGTTTTGGCGCTCGAGACTGTGAGAGT (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 15) RVH_IIIAGGAGGTGTGGTTTTGGCGCTCGAGACAGTGACCAG (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 16) RVH_IVAGGAGGTGTGGTTTTGGCGCTCGAGACGGTGACTGA (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 17)

The forward primer of the light chain variable region of the antibodywas FVK_Mix (nine 10 μM primers FVKFK_I-IX were mixed in equal volumes).

The reverse primer of the light chain variable region of the antibodywas RVK_Mix (three 10 μM primers RVK of M_I-III were mixed in equalvolumes).

The forward and reverse primers of the light chain variable region ofthe antibody are seen in the following table.

FVK_I GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGAAAWTGTGCTCACCCAGTC (asshown in SEQ ID NO: 18) FVK_IIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGACAAATTGTTCTCACCCAGTC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 19)FVK_III GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGARACATTGTGCTGACCCAATC (asshown in SEQ ID NO: 20) FVK_IVGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGAAACAACTGTGACCCAGTC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 21)FVK_V GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGATATTGTGATGACSCAGGC (asshown in SEQ ID NO: 22) FVK_VIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGARRTRTTGTGATGACCCARAC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 23)FVK_VII GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGATATCCAGATGACACAGAC (asshown in SEQ ID NO: 24) FVK_VIIIGGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGACATTGTGATGACMCAGTC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 25)FVK_IX GGCGAGAACTTaTATTTCCAGGGAGACATCCAGATGACHCAGTC (asshown in SEQ ID NO: 26) RVK_IAGGAGCGGCGTCAGCTCTTTTCAGCTCCAGCTTGGTCCC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 27)RVK_II AGGAGCGGCGTCAGCTCTTTTTATTTCCAGTCTGGTCCC (as shownin SEQ ID NO: 28) RVK_IIIAGGAGCGGCGTCAGCTCTTTTKATTTCCARCTTKGTSCC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 29)

The PCR experiment results are as shown in FIG. 1 .

3. The light and heavy chain variable regions of the antibody werereconstituted to form a complete full-length antibody sequence byoverlap PCR, and in-vitro cell-free expression was conducted.

1) The template fragments (5′ UTR, IgG1Fc-3′ UTR, and IgKc-3′ UTR) usedfor overlap PCR were obtained by PCR.

PCR amplification of 5′ UTR fragment system is as follows:

Component System (50 μl) 5× Q5 reaction buffer 10 μl 10 nM mixednucleotide  1 μl Pd2p_up-F (20 μM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM)TEV-R (20 μM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM) Plasmid PD2P-1.06  1μl GC enhancer 10 μl Q5 high-fidelity DNA polyase 0.5 μl  Nuclease-freewater 25 μl

Pd2p_up-F:  ATCGGTGATGTCGGCGATATAG (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 30); TEV-R:TCCCTGGAAATATAAGTTCTCGCC (as shown in SEQ ID NO: 31).

PCR conditions:

98° C. (pre-denature) 30 s 1× 98° C. (denature) 10 s 35×  57° C.(anneal) 30 s 72° C. (extend) 30 s 72° C. (final extend) 2 min 1×  4° C.(maintain) ∞

PCR amplification of IgG1Fc-3′ UTR fragment system is as follows:

Component System (50 μl) 5× Q5 reaction buffer 10 μl 10 nM mixednucleotide  1 μl IgG1Fc_F2 (20 uM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM)Pd2p-R (20 uM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM) PlasmidPGM-IgG1Fc-3′UTR  1 μl GC enhancer 10 μl Q5 high-fidelity DNA polyase0.5 μl  Nuclease-free water 25 μl

PCR conditions:

98° C. (pre-denature) 30 s 1× 98° C. (denature) 10 s 35×  57° C.(anneal) 30 s 72° C. (extend) 30 s 72° C. (final extend) 2 min 1×  4° C.(maintain) ∞

IgG1Fc_F2: GCCAAAACCACACCTCCT (as shown in SEQ ID No: 32); Pd2p-r:AGCAGCCGGATCGTCGAGTTCG (as shown in SEQ ID No: 33).

PCR amplification of IgKc-3′ UTR fragment system is as follows:

Component System (50 μl) 5× Q5 reaction buffer 10 μl 10 nM mixednucleotide  1 μl IgKc-F2 (20 μM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM)Pd2p-R (20 μM) 1.25 μl (final concentration 0.5 μM) PlasmidPGM-IgKc-3′UTR  1 μl GC enhancer 10 μl Q5 high-fidelity DNA 0.5 μl polyase Nuclease-free water 25 μl

IgKc-f2: AGAGCTGACGCCGCTCCT (as shown in SEQ ID No: 34); Pd2p-r:AGCAGCCGGATCGTCGAGTTCG (as shown in SEQ ID No: 35).

PCR conditions:

98° C. (pre-denature) 30 s 1× 98° C. (denature) 10 s 35×  57° C.(anneal) 30 s 72° C. (extend) 30 s 72° C. (final extend) 2 min 1×  4° C.(maintain) ∞

The PCR results are as shown in FIG. 2 .

2) The variable regions of the light and heavy chains of the antibodywere reconstructed into a complete full-length antibody sequence byoverlapping PCR

Component 50 μl System 10× Thermo Pol reaction buffer    5 μl 10 mMmixed nucleotide    1 μl pD2P_F (10 μM) 1.25 μl (0.5 μM) pD2P_R (10 μM)1.25 μl (0.5 μM) Template DNA 1 μl + 2 μl + 1 μl (5′ UTR + light/heavychain variable region + IgG1Fc-3′ UTR or IgKc-3′ UTR) Vent DNA polyase 0.25 μl Nuclease-free water 37.25 μl

pD2P_F: ATCGAGATCTCGCGAAATTAATACGA(as shown SEQ ID NO: 36);pD2P_R: AGCAGCCGGATCGTCGAGTTCG(as shown SEQ ID NO: 37).

Overlapping PCR conditions:

95° C. (pre-denature) 30 s 1× 95° C. (denature) 10 s 35×  57° C.(anneal) 30 s 72° C. (extend) 30 s 72° C. (final extend) 2 min 30 s 1× 4° C. (maintain) ∞

The PCR results are as shown in FIG. 3 .

3) In-vitro cell-free expression

1 μL of each PCR product of the complete full-length antibody sequencesof the light and heavy chains of the antibody obtained by overlap PCRwere added into 60 μl of ProteinFactory Rxn (protein factory 1.0)reaction system. After standing for 3-20 hours at 20-30° C., the proteinexpression can be completed to obtain an anti-PDL1 antibody.

4. Affinity screening of an antibody after obtaining an expressedantibody

1) One day in advance, CHO-Kl cells over-expressing PDL1 (10000cells/well) and CHO-Kl cells over-expressing GFP (2000 cells/well) weretaken and mixed in an F-12 culture medium to be inoculated in a 96-wellplate with 100 μl/well for culture overnight under the conditions of 37°C. and 5% CO₂.

2) The culture medium in the culture plate was aspirated and discarded,and then 40 μl of antibody protein was added in each well to beincubated for 30 min under the conditions of 37° C. and 5% CO₂.

3) The protein was aspirated and discarded, and Goal pAb to Ms lgG(Aleax Flour 647, cat: ab150115, abcam) with a working concentration of0.2 μg/ml and Hoechest 33342 with a working concentration of 0.2 μg/mlwere taken and added into the F-12 culture medium (50 μl/well) to beincubated for 30 min under the conditions of 37° C. and 5% CO₂.

4) The culture medium was aspirated and discarded, and 50 μl of F-12culture medium was added.

5) High-content shooting was performed and an average fluorescence value(see FIG. 4 ) was analyzed. The analysis method is as follows:

a) cell nuclei stained with Hoechest 33342 were found by using 350 nmexciting light, and a fluorescence value was adjusted to find totalcells.

b) Cells with green fluorescent light were found by using 488 nmexciting light in the cells output in a), and a fluorescence value wasadjusted to output CHO-Kl-GFP.

c) CHO-Kl-GFP in b) was deducted from the total number of cells, and therest was CHO-Kl-PDL1.

d) By using 647 nm exciting light, a red fluorescence value on a cellmembrane was detected, and an average red fluorescence value on aCHO-Kl-GFP membrane and an average red fluorescence value on aCHO-Kl-PDL1 membrane were counted.

e) Affinity screening of antibodies was performed by counting a ratio ofthe average red fluorescence value on the CHO-Kl-PDL1 membrane to theaverage red fluorescence value on the CHO-Kl-GFP membrane. The antibodywith a higher ratio was selected, so as to obtain the anti-PDL1 antibodywith high affinity.

Example 3

The method for screening B lymphocytes secreting the anti-PDL1 antibodyprovided in this example is basically the same as that in example 1,except for the step of spreading the transfected B lymphocytes. Theoperation method in this example is as follows:

1) One day before transfection, a Poly-D-Lysine solution (gibco, REF:A3890401) was diluted to a working concentration of 50 μg/ml usingsterile DPBS. In other examples, a semi-solid culture medium or gelatinor the like can also be used in this step.

2) The diluent was added into a six-well plate (this step can increasethe adherence of cells), with 2 ml/well.

3) The cells were incubated for 1 hour at room temperature.

4) The diluent was discarded, and the six-well plate was washed threetimes with sterile water to ensure that the residual Poly-D-Lysinesolution diluent was removed.

5) The six-well plate was opened and placed in a biosafety cabinet.

6) After the six-well plate was completely dried, CHO-Kl cellsover-expressing PDL1 were spread in the six-well plate.

7) The transfected B lymphocytes were spread into a dish. After culturefor 6-48 h, the culture medium was gently aspirated and discarded, andGoat pAb to Ms lgG (Aleax Flour 647, abeam, cat: ab150115) stainingsolution prepared with a fresh culture medium was added, with a workingconcentration of 0.2 μg/ml, to avoid disturbing B cells. Afterincubation for 30 min under the conditions of 37° C. and 5% CO₂, thestaining solution was gently sucked and discarded, and a fresh culturemedium was changed. The process of changing the solution should avoiddisturbing B cells.

The other steps are the same as in example 1.

Example 4

The method for screening B lymphocytes secreting the anti-PDL1 antibodyprovided in this example is basically the same as that in example 1,except that the first fluorescent molecule is PA-GFP protein; inaddition, in this example, in the step of high-content cell imaging, thegreen fluorescent light (the range of the wavelength is 500 nm-600 nm)generated by the candidate cells after being irradiated using intenseviolet light (350-400 nm) is improved by 100 times; when sorting withflow cytometry, the wavelength range of the exciting light is 450 nm-550nm (the maximum wavelength of the exciting light is 504 nm), and thewavelength range of the emitting light is 480 nm-600 nm (the maximumwavelength of the emitting light is 517 nm). Photo-activated Blymphocytes secreting the target antibodies and having PA-GFP proteinsare labeled and sorted.

Example 5

The method for screening B lymphocytes secreting the anti-PDL1 antibodyprovided in this example is basically the same as that in example 1. Thefirst fluorescent molecule is Kaede protein; in the step of high-contentcell imaging, the candidate cells with green fluorescent light afterbeing irradiated using intense violet light (350-400 nm) to generategreen fluorescent light (the range of the wavelength is 500 nm-600 nm)are photo-converted so that the green fluorescent light becomes redfluorescent light (range of the wavelength is 550 nm-650 nm); whensorting with flow cytometry, the wavelength range of the exciting lightis 500 nm-600 nm (the maximum wavelength of the exciting light is 572nm), and the wavelength range of the emitting light is 550 nm-650 nm(the maximum wavelength of the emitting light is 580 nm).Photo-activated B lymphocytes secreting the target antibodies and havingKaede proteins are labeled and sorted.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the presentapplication, and are not intended to limit the present application. Forthose skilled in the art, the present application may have variouschanges and variations. Any modifications, equivalent replacements,improvements and the like made within the spirit and principles of thepresent application shall be included within the protective scope of thepresent application.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for screening cells secreting target antibodies, comprising the following steps: step (a): labeling a candidate cell with a first fluorescent molecule; step (b): adding the candidate cell labeled with the first fluorescent molecule and a labeled antibody against the target antibodies into a container fixed with a capture antigen to be mixed and incubated to obtain a cellular fluid; wherein the capture antigen is configured to specifically bind to the target antibodies; the labeled antibody is labeled with a second fluorescent molecule; the first fluorescent molecule has the following properties: a fluorescent light emitted after the first fluorescent molecule is excited by a first exciting light is different from a fluorescent light emitted after the second fluorescent molecule is excited by the first exciting light; the first fluorescent molecule is in a photo-activated state or a photo-converted state, the first fluorescent molecule emits a first fluorescent light after being excited by a third exciting light under the photo-activated state or the photo-converted state; the first fluorescent molecule emits a second fluorescent light after being directly excited by the third exciting light instead of a second exciting light; a wavelength of the first fluorescent light is different from a wavelength of the second fluorescent light, or a wavelength of the first fluorescent light is the same as a wavelength of the second fluorescent light but fluorescence intensities are different; wherein a wavelength of the first exciting light is different from a wavelength of the second exciting light; the wavelength of the second exciting light is different from a wavelength of the third exciting light; a wavelength of the fluorescent light emitted after the second fluorescent molecule is excited by the first exciting light is different from the wavelength of the second exciting light; step (c): observing the cellular fluid using a high content cell imager, exciting the second fluorescent molecule by using the first exciting light to emit the fluorescent light and screening the candidate cell surrounded by the fluorescent light, and labeling the candidate cell as a target candidate cell; then irradiating the target candidate cell with the second exciting light so that the first fluorescent molecule labeling the target candidate cell is in the photo-activated state or the photo-converted state; step (d): sorting the candidate cell in the cellular fluid using a flow cytometry, wherein in a process of sorting, the candidate cell processed in step (c) is irradiated using the third exciting light and the target candidate cell emitting the first fluorescent light is sorted, namely, the cells secreting the target antibodies.
 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of a photo-activated fluorescent protein and a photo-converted fluorescent protein.
 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (d), when the cellular fluid is used to flow through the flow cytometry for sorting, the second fluorescent molecule is a fluorescent molecule not emitting the fluorescent light under an excitation of the third exciting light, or a fluorescent molecule emitting the fluorescent light under an excitation of the third exciting light having a wavelength different from the wavelength of the first fluorescent light.
 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the photo-activated fluorescent protein is PA-GFP; a range of the wavelength of the first exciting light is not within a range of 390 nm-415 nm, a of the wavelength range of the second exciting light is 390 nm-450 nm, and a range of the wavelength of the third exciting light is 450 nm-550 nm.
 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the photo-converted fluorescent protein is one selected from the group consisting of PS-CFP2, PS-CFP, mEosFP, tdEosFP, dEosFP, WtEosFP, Kaede, Dendra2, and KikGR.
 6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first fluorescent molecule is a PS-CFP2 protein, a range of the wavelength of the first exciting light is not within a range of 390 nm-450 nm, a range of the wavelength of the second exciting light is 390 nm-415 nm, and a range of the wavelength of the third exciting light is 420 nm-520 nm; or, the first fluorescent molecule is a Kaede protein, a range of the wavelength of the first exciting light is not within a range of 350 nm-400 nm, a range of the wavelength of the second exciting light is 350 nm-400 nm, and a range of the wavelength of the third exciting light is 500 nm-600 nm; or, the first fluorescent molecule is a KikGR protein, a range of the wavelength of the first exciting light is not within a range of 390 nm-415 nm, a range of the wavelength of the second exciting light is 390 nm-415 nm, and a range of the wavelength of the third exciting light is 500 nm-600 nm.
 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the candidate in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 8. The method according to claim 2, wherein in step (a), a method for labeling the candidate cell with the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of the following (I)-(W): (I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the first fluorescent molecule in the candidate cell; (II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell through an electrotransfection; (III): performing a fusion expression on the first fluorescent molecule and an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of the candidate cell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell through a specific binding of the antibody to the cytomembrane surface specific marker; and (IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing the first fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidate cell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell.
 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the lipid is selected from DSPE-NHS, DSPE-PEG2000-NHS, DSPE-PEG3400-NHS, oleyl-PEG2000-NHS, oleyl-PEG4000-NHS, and DOPE-PEG2000-NHS.
 10. A method for screening target antibodies, comprising the following steps: obtaining the cells secreting the target antibodies using the method according to claim 1; and acquiring a nucleotide sequence encoding the target antibodies from the cells secreting the target antibodies.
 11. The method according to claim 2, wherein the candidate cell in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 12. The method according to claim 3, wherein the candidate cell in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 13. The method according to claim 4, wherein the candidate cell in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 14. The method according to claim 5, wherein the candidate cell in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 15. The method according to claim 6, wherein the candidate cell in step (a) is selected from the group consisting of B lymphocytes, T cells, NK cells, HEK cells, CHO cells, bacteria, and yeast.
 16. The method according to claim 3, wherein in step (a), a method for labeling the candidate cell with the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of the following (I)-(IV): (I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the first fluorescent molecule in the candidate cell; (II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell through an electrotransfection; (III): performing a fusion expression on the first fluorescent molecule and an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of the candidate cell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell through a specific binding of the antibody to the cytomembrane surface specific marker; and (IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing the first fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidate cell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell.
 17. The method according to claim 4, wherein in step (a), a method for labeling the candidate cell with the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of the following (I)-(IV): (I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the first fluorescent molecule in the candidate cell; (II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell through an electrotransfection; (III): performing a fusion expression on the first fluorescent molecule and an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of the candidate cell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell through a specific binding of the antibody to the cytomembrane surface specific marker; and (IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing the first fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidate cell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell.
 18. The method according to claim 5, wherein in step (a), a method for labeling the candidate cell with the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of the following (I)-(IV): (I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the first fluorescent molecule in the candidate cell; (II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell through an electrotransfection; (III): performing a fusion expression on the first fluorescent molecule and an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of the candidate cell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell through a specific binding of the antibody to the cytomembrane surface specific marker; and (IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing the first fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidate cell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell.
 19. The method according to claim 6, wherein in step (a), a method for labeling the candidate cell with the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of the following (I)-(IV): (I): introducing a nucleotide encoding the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell and allowing the nucleotide to express the first fluorescent molecule in the candidate cell; (II): introducing the first fluorescent molecule into the candidate cell through an electrotransfection; (III): performing a fusion expression on the first fluorescent molecule and an antibody of a cytomembrane surface specific marker of the candidate cell, so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell through a specific binding of the antibody to the cytomembrane surface specific marker; and (IV): labeling the first fluorescent molecule with a lipid, mixing the first fluorescent molecule labeled with the lipid with the candidate cell so that the first fluorescent molecule is linked to a surface of the candidate cell.
 20. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first fluorescent molecule is one selected from the group consisting of a photo-activated fluorescent protein and a photo-converted fluorescent protein. 